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Spreadsheet for case UV2332

Spreadsheet for case UV2334

In October 1990, the Boeing Company announced that it was launching a new aircraft model, the 777. The fanfare praised the technological superiority of the product and the fact that it filled a gap in Boeing's product line. The task for students is to evaluate the 777 against a financial standard, the investors' required returns. Gives internal rates of return (IRRs) for the 777 project under base-case and alternative forecasts. The students must estimate a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for Boeing's commercial aircraft business segment in order to evaluate these IRRs. As a result of this analysis, students identify the "key value drivers" and distinguish, on a qualitative basis, the key gambles Boeing is making.

This crossfunctional case in economics and finance highlights the concerns about protection of intellectual property rights as well as competition from traditional retailers in Shanghai's prime shopping venue. It begins with the history that led to Xiangyang Market's development, and concludes with a description of the future of the market. Located at the center of the shopping district in the trendy former French concession in Shanghai, the market is considered a shopper's paradise by many foreign visitors. This open-air bazaar is known for the incredible deals on quality knockoffs of designer products. The case includes an account of the shopping experience of two American tourists, giving details of their discoveries and bargaining sessions in the market.

This introductory case considers the very sudden and large drop in market value of Oracle Systems' equity associated with two announcements in 1990. These announcements cause investors to revise their expectations about the future growth of Oracle Systems, perhaps the most rapidly growing U.S. corporation in the 1980s. The tasks for the student are to evaluate both the import of the announcements and the company's financial health. The case provides a first exercise in financial statement analysis and lays the foundation for two important financial themes: the concept of financial health and the financial economic definition of value and its determinants. The case also presents an interesting profile of an aggressive chief executive officer and suggests some potential unintended financial consequences of extreme aggressiveness.

Cases Empirical Chemicals (A) and (B) consider the capital-investment decisions to be made by executives of this large chemicals firm in January 1992. The A case presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B case reviews the same project, but from one level higher, where the executive faces an either/or investment decision between two mutually exclusive projects. The objective of the two cases is to expose students to a wide range of capital-budgeting issues.

Cases Empirical Chemicals (A) and (B) consider the capital-investment decisions to be made by executives of this large chemicals firm in January 1992. The A case presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B case reviews the same project, but from one level higher, where the executive faces an either/or investment decision between two mutually exclusive projects. The objective of the two cases is to expose students to a wide range of capital-budgeting issues.

This case considers the unusual terms under which Rhone-Poulenc, the large French chemicals producer, acquired the U.S.-based Rorer Group, Inc., in August 1990. Set a year later, in August 1991, the case reviews the terms of the merger and the experience of the new entity in its first year, and invites the student to evaluate the "contingent value right" (CVR) issued by Rhone-Poulenc in the merger.

In October 1990, the president of this bank (the 9th largest in Japan and 15th largest in the world) must design a financing plan with which to bring the bank into compliance with the new worldwide Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) capital-adequacy standards. The alternatives include (1) slowing the growth of the bank, (2) issuing equity, and (3) issuing convertible subordinated debentures. The tasks of the student are to compare and contrast the equity and convertibles tactics and to recommend a possible price or coupon rate for the convertible issue.

In April 1992, this multinational consumer foods and beverages company is the focus of takeover rumors, which have prompted an assessment of the firm's returns. The student must choose among the principal methods of estimating the weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for GrandMet and its three main business segments, and must then produce WACC estimates in order to evaluate the firm's performance.

This note introduces the student to the FRICTO framework for evaluating alternative financial tactics. Elements of the framework are flexibility, risk, income, control, timing, and other. A simple instruction is provided.

In January 1990, the chief executive of this small yarn-production company must resolve a surprising cash shortage. The tasks for the student are to evaluate the causes of this shortage (using a complete base case forecast given in the case) and then to assess the usefulness of various possible remedies suggested by company managers. In essence, the company is unable to liquidate a seasonal working-capital loan for the requisite 30 days each year. This situation arises from two classic causes: secular growth of the company, and declining profitability. Possible remedies include reducing finished-goods inventory through more efficient transportation and warehousing, reducing credit terms to customers, just-in-time (JIT) raw-materials supply, and switching from seasonal to level production. This case provides a thorough exercise of working-capital analysis and concepts.

Spreadsheet for case UV2264

Using Chrysler's U.S. government warrants and loan guarantee, students learn to establish the determinants of an option's value, assess the correspondence of an option to loan guarantees and other financial phenomena, and apply the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

This note provides an interactive illustration of the Modigliani-Miller theory of the effect of debt tax shields on the value of the levered firm. Students must calculate (1) the effect of hypothetical changes in capital structure on firm value, and (2) the effect of a major recapitalization on the share price of Koppers Company using a set of incomplete worksheets. After completing the worksheets, students compare results among the problems.

This case introduces the topic of convertible securities. A branded-foods CFO must decide whether to issue $50 million as convertible subordinated debentures rather than straight debt or equity faces. In evaluating the proposed terms of the convertibles offering, students must value the securities by valuing the call option (using option pricing theory) and the bond component. Figuring importantly in the decision is the company's strategy of growth by acquisition.